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Classes 4 A Cause: Middle & High School Students Supports COVID-19 Impacted Community

Front Row: Krrish Thakker, Riya Dadheech, Aarush Khanna and Prisha Khanna; Back Row: Nehal Singhal, Vanshika Pahilwani, Prathamesh Trivedi and Anika Arora In March/April when COVID-19 started to impact our Pantry and Interfaith Food Pantry, Morris Plains. community, a lot of people started to mobilize help. Riya Dadheech, an Eighth grader, came up with a unique idea The second batch of classes (started on June 5), more “Classes 4 A Cause” to help our community. volunteers Milap Mistry, Aarnav Unadkat, Aarush Around the middle of April, Riya called up her friends joined C4C team. Newer courses such as Chess, Math, Nehal Singhal, Anika Arora, Prisha Khanna, Malvika Algebra, Rubik Cube were also added. Chainani, Krrish Thakker, and Ria Jain. courses. Classes began on May 24. During this first Khanna, Prathmesh Trivedi, and Vanshika Pahilwani Encouraged by the success of two batches of six-week The entire team immediately agreed to volunteer their courses, C4C launched “Virtual Summer Camp” on July time and conduct online classes. Students between the 15. Summer camp runs through August 21. During the ages of 6-13 would enroll and pay a nominal fee to learn summer camp enrollment, students pick two skills they or brush up skills such as Bollywood Dance, Taekwondo, want to learn/polish. Classes take place every weekday Hindi, Coding/Programming, Indian Culture, Prayers, or Monday, Wednesday, and Friday depending on the Spanish and Art. week the students sign-up for. The volunteers worked hard and designed 6-week learn more and to enroll. Please visit https://Classes4ACause.PurplePaint.org to batch of classes, C4C team raised about $1000. 100% Riya Dadheech, founder of Classes 4 A Cause and Purple of the proceeds went to deliver food at Parsippany Food (Continued on Page 21)